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2015-05-Chile Patagonia and Argentina Tour.Indd BUCKET LIST IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE EXPLORERS PATAGONIA CRUISE WITH CITY ESCAPE Embark on this bucket list trip that takes you to the southernmost point in South 12 nights America. Start off in Santiago, Chile and enjoy the city’s spectacular mountainous Departs Toronto backdrop as well as its wine regions then travel south to board a luxurious cruise Mar. 29, 2016 sailing along the strait of Magellan and finish off in Buenos Aires, Argentina the birthplace of tango. $6,590* p.p. INCLUDES: • 4 star superior accommodations in • shore excursions and sightseeing Santiago and Buenos Aires tours as indicated in the itinerary • international roundtrip airfare from • all entrance fees as per program Toronto and domestic flights • English speaking tour guide • daily breakfast, 7 lunches and 6 dinners • local transportation with A/C bus • luxury 4 night cruise onboard MV Stella Australis with all meals and drinks HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS:** Santiago: Plaza San Francisco Hotel Cruise: M/V Stella Australis Buenos Aires: 725 Continental Hotel **All listed hotels are 4-star hotels. CAD$, p.p. dbl occ. from Toronto. Additional $695 in taxes . Single supplement add $2, 015. Cruise: dbl. occ p.p. based on cat A cabin. Not included: Argentinian reciprocity fee, any personal expenses, such as insurance, passport fees, and gratuities, any meals, or items not mentioned. ON-4499356/4499372 | BC-34799 | 111 Peter Street, Suite 200, Toronto, ON. M5V 2H1 | Canadian owned ITINERARY BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER, SPECIAL BANQUET = (B, L, D) Day 1 | Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2016 | TORONTO — SANTIAGO Depart Toronto on Air Canada on AC092 at 10:40 p.m. and arrive in Santiago the following day at 9:20 a.m. Day 2 | Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2016 | SANTIAGO (D) Arrival and welcome at the SCL airport, proceed with transfer to the hotel. In the evening get prepared to enjoy a welcome dinner at Como Agua para Chocolate restaurant. This cosy and colourful restaurant in the lively Bellavista neighbourhood will make you feel like you are dining on the plaza of a little village. The menu includes a wide range of delicious Latin American dishes including meat, fish and seafood. Return to the hotel. Accommodation at 4* Plaza San Francisco Hotel Day 3 | Thursday, Mar. 31, 2016 | SANTIAGO/ VALPARAISO & VINA DEL MAR/ SANTIAGO (B, L) Breakfast at the hotel. Today get prepared to join a FD Valparaiso & Viña del Mar tour. The historic city of Valparaíso is Chile’s oldest port. It is also home to the country’s Senate and Chamber of Deputies, which moved here from the capital in 1989, when Chilean democratic governance was re- established. During your tour, you will see the historic city centre, whose fine 19th-Century architecture provides good reason for its inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage list. You will also visit the parliamentary building and Plaza Sotomayor’s memorial to the heroes of the War of the Pacific. From Valparaíso you will continue along the coast to the beautiful beaches of Viña del Mar, the Garden city, named for its many parks and green spaces. After your visit to Viña del Mar you will return Santiago. Day 4 | Friday, Apr. 1, 2016 | SANTIAGO (B, L) Breakfast at the hotel. This full day excursion leads you to the Colchagua Valley south-west of Santiago, one of the best wine-growing districts in Chile, where you will visit two wineries and receive wine tasting as well as lunch. Viña Casa Lapostolle: The motto of Lapostolle is, “Chilean by nature, French by Design.” This reflects the pairing of Chile’s ideal climate and soil with the long winemaking tradition of the French Marnier family, joined together in Viña Casa Lapostolle, located in Cunaco. Today considered one of Chile’s most renowned wineries, it was opened in 1994 by Alexandra Marnier-Lapostolle, a member of the family behind the famous liquor Grand Marnier. Viña Casa Lapostolle covers an area of 370 hectares in three different vineyards, and produces well-crafted varietals of Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Carménère and Syrah. casalapostolle.com Viu Manent Winery: The beautiful Viña Viu Manent is idyllically nestled in the green hills of the Colchagua Valley. Guests are welcomed at “La Llavería” visitor centre, located in the winery’s impressive colonial-era main building, together with “La Terraza” and “La Cava de Don Miguel,” two restaurants offering excellent local, Catalan, and French dishes. Visitors have the opportunity to tour the vineyards in a horse-drawn carriage. Return to the hotel. Accommodation at 4* Plaza San Francisco Hotel Day 5 | Saturday, April 2, 2016 | SANTIAGO/PUNTA ARENAS/ BOARD AUSTRALIS CRUISE (B, L, D) Breakfast at the hotel and check out. At the according time private transfer to the SCL airport to take your flight to Punta Arenas. Arrival and welcome at the PUQ airport, proceed with transfer to the Australis offices for making the check in and leave your luggage. Then you will enjoy of a lunch at Los Granaderos restaurant. When you finish lunch, free time and reach the port that covers the National Park along forests and peat bogs. The narrow on your own (the restaurant is located 04 blocks away from the PUQ pier, gauged convoy will guide us through the old alignment that the prison train we recommend to bring a coat in case the weather is windy and cold!) had, which was used for the work of the prisoners.Late afternoon transfer to airport for flight to Buenos Aires. Arrive at the domestic airport AEP in Board the M/V Stella Australis cruise ship at 18:00. After a welcoming Buenos Aires, proceed with private transfer to the hotel. cocktail reception hosted by the Captain and his crew, the ship will depart Accommodation at 4* 725 Continental Hotel for one of the remotest parts of the planet. Our trip will take us through the Strait of Magellan and Beagle Channel to explore one of the most Day 10 | Thursday, April 7, 2016 | BUENOS AIRES (B, D) breathtaking wilderness regions in the world: Southern Patagonia, which The Breakfast at the hotel. Day at leisure.In the evening enjoy of a Dinner includes the Tierra del Fuego archipelago. and Tango Show ( general location ) Several well-known musical centres of Overnight onboard M/V Stella Australis the city offer the chance of enjoying all the magic and charm of Tango, star of the night, while delighting an excellent gastronomy of international level. Day 6 | Sunday, April 3, 2016 | AINSWORTH BAY/ TUCKERS ISLETS (B, L, D) The show goes through the history of the tango and life at the beginning of At dawn, we will navigate our way through Almirantazgo Sound, arriving at last century, with different dance couples and famous singers of tango. Ainsworth Bay which is sited within Alberto De Agostini National Park. It’s Accommodation at 4* 725 Continental Hotel the perfect spot from which to see the Marinelli Glacier descending from Darwin Mountain Range in the distance; and to appreciate how the land Day 11 | Friday, April 8, 2016 | BUENOS AIRES (B, L) returns to life after glacial retreat. Whether on the beach or the island, Breakfast at the hotel. Today enjoy of a FD City tour. You will visit the there’s a good chance of sighting Southern Elephant Seals. But do bear in building of the National Congress, the ancient Council, the Metropolitan mind the fact that sightings cannot be guaranteed due to the colony’s Cathedral and the Capitol (better known as “Pink House”). The tour also unpredictable movements. includes the magnificent areas of Recoleta and Palermo, with their beautiful parks and buildings, the Colon theatre, one of the five most Later, we will be sailing to Tuckers Islets, and after lunch, we will board important Opera theatres of the world and many other buildings and well-equipped Zodiac boats to get close to a colony of Magellan Penguins palaces of architectural, historical and cultural value. We will visit San (indigenous to the Southern Hemisphere) and cormorants. In September Telmo area, as well as the Boca district, with its “caminito”. Finally, the tour and April, this excursion is replaced by a short walk to a nearby glacier will lead us to the recently gentrificated district of Puerto Madero, old area at Brookes Bay. of the Buenos Aires port. Lunch included at a local restaurant. Overnight onboard M/V Stella Australis Return to the hotel. Accommodation at 4* 725 Continental Hotel Day 7 | Monday, April 4, 2016 | PIA GLACIER /GLACIER ALLEY (B, L, D) We will navigate along the northwest arm of the Beagle Channel before Day 12 | Saturday, April 9, 2016 | BUENOS AIRES/ END OF THE TOUR (B) disembarking at Pia Fjord. From there, we’ll take a short hike to a Breakfast at the hotel and check out. At the designated time transfer to the panoramic viewpoint from where we can enjoy spectacular views of the international airport EZE to take your flight back home. Air Canada flight awe-inspiring Pia Glacier whose main tongue extends from the 093 departs Buenos Aires at 16:00 arrives Toronto the following day at mountaintops down to the sea. After this memorable experience, we will 05:35. continue our voyage along the Beagle Channel through the majestic Glacier Alley. Day 13 | Sunday, April 10, 2016 | BUENOS AIRES — TORONTO Overnight onboard M/V Stella Australis Arrival in Toronto at 5:35 a.m. Day 8 | Tuesday, April 5. 2016 | CAPE HORN /WULAIA BAY (B, L, D) We will be sailing through Murray Channel and Nassau Bay to reach Cape Horn National Park, where, weather permitting, we shall go ashore. The legendary Cape Horn was discovered in 1616 and is a sheer 425-meter (1,394-foot) high rocky promontory.
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